Gray Matter, the new point’n’click extravaganza from Jane “Gabriel Knight” “She Designed Gabriel Knight” Jensen, has slipped from sometime in 2010 to a February 2011 release date. Boo! I don’t know much about Gray Matter, so in the course of my cursory research this morning I hiked over to the Wikipedia page. Lord, has this game had a bad time of it.

Gray Matter was originally announced in 2003 as Project Jane-J and slated for release in fourth quarter of 2004. The game was put on hold in 2004 and later revived by a German publisher Anaconda in 2006, for a release in fourth quarter of 2007. The game was delayed further in early 2007 for a Q1 2008 date. In early 2008 development studio was changed from Hungarian Tonuzaba to French Wizarbox delaying the game to 2009. The game is currently slated for February 25, 2011.

Click through for a look at the GamesCom 2010 trailer. Probably for the best if you leave any high expectations at the door.
How far would I go to save my love? How far would I go to tempt fate? Which limits would I conquer? What truth would I uncover?

Hm. Can I get back to you on that? I need to go see a man about a less maudlin videogame. I mean dog.

Never heard of it, but it looks promising! Graphics in the trailer are no worse than those in dawn of war 2’s cutscenes and the ingame looks good for a mid/low level point and click. I shall be keeping eyes on this- thanks Quinns!

Rumors say that this game is a disgrace like everything DTP touches. DTP is evil. They just release games without giving any support to their developers, spending all the money in non interactive sequences.

Gabriel Knight and KQ6 were two of my favourite Sierra games. It’s a shame that this project seems cursed, but also strangely fitting with her previous games’ themes, in a “life imitating art” way.Here’s a set of interview videos with J. Jensen where she talks about the game and working with Wizarbox.

It’s only the international publisher’s screw up. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland Gray Matter is coming in 1,5 week, published by DTP, and if you can believe the earlier announcements, the English version will be included: